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Al Bawaba
28-04-2025
- Science
- Al Bawaba
China launches satellite for data relay and transmission
Published April 28th, 2025 - 09:31 GMT ALBAWABA – China has launched a new satellite dedicated to data relay and transmission from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center (XSLC) in Sichuan, a province in southwestern China. Also Read China successfully launches new data transmission satellite China launched Tianlian II-05 satellite The Tianlian II-05 satellite was launched from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center (XSLC) in Sichuan, a province in southwestern China, for data relay and transmission Tianlian II-05 satellite was launched aboard a Long March-3B carrier rocket and successfully entered its planned orbit, according to People's Daily Online, the official newspaper of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party. Notably, the Tianlian II-05 is a second-generation Chinese satellite designed to relay and transmit data while operating in geosynchronous orbit. It is intended to provide data transmission, telemetry, tracking, and control services. China on Sunday successfully sent the country's second-generation geosynchronous orbit data-relay satellite Tianlian II-05 into the planned orbit via a Long March-3B carrier rocket from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China's Sichuan Province, marking the 572nd… — China Science (@ChinaScience) April 28, 2025 It is worth noting that China launched another satellite earlier this month. The country secretly launched the TJS-17 satellite from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center (XSLC), also known as the Xichang Space Center—a spaceport located in Zeyuan Town, Sichuan Province. The TJS-17 satellite was reportedly intended to test surrounding communication systems and related technologies. Due to the secrecy surrounding the launch, experts believe the mission may be associated with electronic intelligence gathering, orbital object inspection, and early warning capabilities. Also Read China launches secret satellite into orbit © 2000 - 2025 Al Bawaba (
Ammon
28-04-2025
- Science
- Ammon
China launches new data relay satellite
Ammon News - China successfully sent a new data relay satellite into orbit from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China's Sichuan Province on Tianlian II-05 satellite was launched at 11:54 p.m. (Beijing Time) aboard a Long March-3B carrier rocket and entered its planned II-05 is China's second-generation geosynchronous orbit data-relay will provide data relay and TT&C (telemetry, tracking and command) services for manned spacecraft such as spaceships and space stations, for medium and low-Earth-orbit resource satellites, and TT&C support for spacecraft was the 572nd flight mission of the Long March carrier rocket series. Xinhua
United News of India
28-04-2025
- Science
- United News of India
China launches new data relay satellite
Beijing, Apr 27 (UNI) China successfully sent a new data relay satellite into orbit from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China's Sichuan Province on Sunday. The Tianlian II-05 satellite was launched at 11:54 p.m. (Beijing Time) aboard a Long March-3B carrier rocket and entered its planned orbit. Tianlian II-05 is China's second-generation geosynchronous orbit data-relay satellite. It will provide data relay and TT&C (telemetry, tracking and command) services for manned spacecraft such as spaceships and space stations, for medium and low-Earth-orbit resource satellites, and TT&C support for spacecraft launches. This was the 572nd flight mission of the Long March carrier rocket series. UNI XINHUA GNK
